From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, LOTS_OF_MONEY,MSGID_SHORT,SYSADMIN autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!olivea!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!ucsd!nic.cerf.net From: jonesm@nic.cerf.net (John Reading) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Expert System Shells in Ada: Summary Message-ID: <461@nic.cerf.net> Date: 19 Jun 91 16:15:30 GMT Sender: jonesm@nic.cerf.net Organization: CERFnet List-Id: Recently I posted a question regarding expert system shells in Ada. As usual, I received a number of very helpful replies. I point this out because I am using it as a selling point to my management as to why they should continue to provide me with net access (and maybe even get me an account in my own name :-) Here is a (longish) summary of what I found out: A number of people referred me to CLIPS/Ada 4.3, which was produced under contract to NASA. CLIPS/Ada is available for free to anybody working on a US government contract by mail: CSC 16511 Space Center Blvd Houston, Tx 77058 MS M30 You need to include the name and number of the government contract on which you are working, and the name and number of a government officer who is point of contact for the contract. Also include either 4 low density 5 1/4 inch floppies or 2 high density 5 1/4 inch floppies. Apparantly you better have a PC available to read these. According to the person I talked to CLIPS/Ada is not available by FTP or email, but they will have your order in the mail the Friday after they receive it. The number I called, which is the CLIPS Help Desk, is (713) 280-2233. If you are not a US government contractor, then you contact COSMIC: COSMIC University of Georgia 382 East Broad St. Athens, Georgia 30602 (404) 542-3265 - Voice (404) 542-4807 - Fax They will take company PO, check, VISA or MasterCard. The part number is MSC-21825, and the price is $400(US) for the program and $50(US) for the documentation (domestic customers) or $800(US) for the program and $100(US) for the documentation (international customers). MeriTool was developed by Merit Technology for their own use on government contracts. It costs $12,500(US) for a non-supported, executables-only copy with 75 pages of documentation. Call Jay Labhart (214) 248-2502. Aida (That's as bad as "Franz Lisp" :-) is advertized as being written in Ada for developing real-time expert systems. I haven't personally followed up on this one, but the contact information I have is Bernard Schnetzler INRETS 2, rue du General Malleret-Joinville 94114 Arcueil Cedex France (33 1) 47 40 71 27 email: sch@inrets.inrets.fr (may not be reading this) Many thanks to all who responded. John Reading